Cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat for use or sale in retail establishments.
Significant Points
- Most employees in manual food-processing jobs require little or no training prior to being hired.
- As more jobs involving cutting and processing meat shift from retail stores to food-processing plants, job growth will be concentrated among lesser skilled workers, who are employed primarily in manufacturing.
National Outlook
| 2004 Total Employment | 134,000 |
| 2014 Expected Employment | 144,000 |
| Change (Percent) | 10,000 ( 7.9) |
| Total Openings | 40,000 |